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Ew-NG -j PAN ATTACHMENT FOR BOOKING CHAIRS.

, Patented Apr. 28, 1885.

. citizen of the German Empire, residing at New- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J OHANN ES ENGEL', OF NEWARK, NEW J FAN ATTACHMENT FOR ROCKINGn-C'HAIRS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,762, dated April 28, 1885.

Application filed May 3, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHANNES ENGEL, a

ark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fan Attachments for Rocking-Chairs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a convenient fanning device to be operated more especiallyin connection with a rockingchair.

It consists in the arrangements and combinations of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a chair having my improvements thereon, showing said improvements in front elevation. Fig. 2 is a side view of the fanning device applied to a standard, and Fig. 3 is a front view of the upper portion of the said device.

In said drawings, a is a rocking-chair or other standard to which the attachment may be applied, and b is a verticallysliding bar held by bracket-s c c. Said bar is weighted near its lower end, so as to be caused to rest automatically upon the floor, as in Fig. 1, or upon any other surface or part, as, for example, in Fig. 2. The weight is lettered d.

A fan-holder, e, is pivoted upon the bearing-arms f, secured upon the arm 9 of the chair, and extending over the line of the bar I). Said holder is connected with the said bar I) by the rod h. Said holder consists of the shank is, having journalsl Z extending laterally therefrom, and a tubular fan-handle receptacle, m.

l Ihe overhanging arms may be held to gether by a suitable connecting-bolt, n.

In operation, the device being secured to the chair as in Fig. 1, by rocking said chair forward, the bar I) is thrown up, causing the connecting-rod and holder to assume the po sitions shown in Fig. 2. The fan being caused to make a sweep sets the air in circulation in front of the occupant of said chair. In the backward movement of the chair the weight operates automatically to hold the rod against the floor. lhus the reciprocal movement of the chair operates to actuate the fan reciprocally and without any extraordinary exertion on the part of the occupant.

The device may be operated by the foot, as in Fig. 2, a lover, 0, or pedal in this case being provided for the purpose.

The lower extremity of the rod 12 may be tipped with rubber, as at p, to prevent wear 011 the carpet. 7

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is- 1. In a fan attachment for a rocking-chair, the combination, with the bearing-arms ff, adapted to be affixed to the chair, of a fanholder pivoted on said arms,a connecting-rod, h, and a bar, b, adapted to move vertically and engage the floor and actuate the fan, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with the rocking-chair a, having brackets c 0 f f secured thereto, of the bar b, having weight (1 near its lower end, and rubber tip 1), shank 7r, having journals Zlbetween the brackets ff, the connecting 7 JOHANNES ENGEL.

\Vitnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, F. F. CAMPBELL. 

